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Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:10 pm

Beagle

Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:09 pmPosts: 1648Location: North Carolina

Re: Chat Thread 39: A Heartwarming Children's Movie

So you know what I enjoy? Well, this is probably just part of my quirky sense of humor, but for my English classes, I prefer to write my argumentative papers on topics that no one else really has the originality to do. They all get caught up in the classic topics found in argumentative writing, and they don't realize just how much fun they could have with a paper if they decided to write about something entirely off-the-wall that might even make the professor squirm a little bit from the moxy a student had to write about such a topic.

For example, in my ENG 112 class, we have to write about pathos found in arguments. We can find these in "political cartoons, advertisements, or photographs."

So while the professor is probably going to get a lot of dull and boring "cut and dry" examples of exaggerated politics or weight loss ads (based upon what I've seen in the classroom forum), I decided to take a different approach and make the professor laugh a little bit. And since most of y'all are guys, I'll just keep my topic to myself for your own sake.

But do know that it's original, it does adhere to the assignment requirements, and I'll definitely make a good grade on it.

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Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:23 pm

Sleet

Bringing Foxy Back

Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:32 amPosts: 17061Location: Nephelokokkygia

Re: Chat Thread 39: A Heartwarming Children's Movie

It's always the most fun to write the unexpected paper. Not only does the teacher notice it more, it makes you feel like less of a drone.

And yes, alternating between "he" and "she" is my preferred method of addressing.

I once had an outline for a paper about how The Cat in the Hat was an allegory for the sexual revolution of the 60's/70's. Unfortunately my teacher was less enthused about the idea than I and it was never written. Unfortunately I don’t think I’d be able to write it for a college level class so it’s filed away in the cool ideas I never got around to doing file for now.

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Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:03 am

Beagle

Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:09 pmPosts: 1648Location: North Carolina

Re: Chat Thread 39: A Heartwarming Children's Movie

My God that is amazing. Please, I would love to discuss that with you some time. Privately, of course, before the conversation gets a little too dicey for a G-rated forum.

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Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:23 am

Sleet

Bringing Foxy Back

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Re: Chat Thread 39: A Heartwarming Children's Movie

Beagle Wrote:

Sleet Wrote:

It's always the most fun to write the unexpected paper. Not only does the teacher notice it more, it makes you feel like less of a drone.

And yes, alternating between "he" and "she" is my preferred method of addressing.

Speaking of you and your foxy self, I was wondering if you wanted to collaborate on one of my papers (okay, it's half a page long) with me? You'd get a kick out of it.

You gotta admit, it might have scarred your eyeballs, but it made you laugh.

Trust me it takes a bit more than that to get to me. My eyes are made of pretty stern stuff. (not an invitation guys I'm just sayin' )

It would probably take more than the rating to get you, so no one can get you on the forums

Don't muddle my bragging with your logic.

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Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:08 am

Beagle

Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:09 pmPosts: 1648Location: North Carolina

Re: Chat Thread 39: A Heartwarming Children's Movie

Seth Wrote:

Trust me it takes a bit more than that to get to me. My eyes are made of pretty stern stuff. (not an invitation guys I'm just sayin' )

*throws hydrochloric acid*That stuff was fun in AP Chemistry. We had a more diluted version of it for one of our experiments. The local smart guy in the class decided to smell it and burned the nose hairs right out of his schnoz.

Trust me it takes a bit more than that to get to me. My eyes are made of pretty stern stuff. (not an invitation guys I'm just sayin' )

*throws hydrochloric acid*That stuff was fun in AP Chemistry. We had a more diluted version of it for one of our experiments. The local smart guy in the class decided to smell it and burned the nose hairs right out of his schnoz.

I was the intelligent one who didn't breathe in an extremely hazardous substance, silly.

And if I wanted to smell burnt hair, I'd just take my hair out of my ponytail. I hate how my hair smells when I straighten it.

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Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:37 am

KJOokami

Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:36 amPosts: 1804Location: West Philly

Re: Chat Thread 39: A Heartwarming Children's Movie

I think the most interesting paper I got to write while in school was a defense of The Lion King against claims that it was nothing but a rip-off of Jungle Emperor Leo. It was fun because I've loved TLK ever since I was a kid, and having been in the fandom for a short time before its inevitable decline into complete obscurity, I have done my fair share of research into anything and everything TLK.

It was only about a page and a half, but it was still a really fun report to write.

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I once had an outline for a paper about how The Cat in the Hat was an allegory for the sexual revolution of the 60's/70's. Unfortunately my teacher was less enthused about the idea than I and it was never written. Unfortunately I don’t think I’d be able to write it for a college level class so it’s filed away in the cool ideas I never got around to doing file for now.

I would love to read that.But the book came out in 1957...

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Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:50 am

KJOokami

Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:36 amPosts: 1804Location: West Philly

Re: Chat Thread 39: A Heartwarming Children's Movie

RandomGeekNamedBrent Wrote:

well I wouldn't say "nothing but" but it's pretty dang close.

It's... actually not.

Like, at all.

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